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Acting Governor General of the Liang Kuang to H.M. Consul General.
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July 29, 1910.
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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch on the subject of the new levy on boiled opium in which you state that you hold two further receipts for foreign raw opium purchased from certain importing hongs both of which bear an endorsement to the effect that the levy was paid at the time of purchase, in one case the endorsement being made by means of a wooden stamp, thereby clearly indicating this to be the establish- ed procedure. You argue that this is an infringement of the Chefoo Convention, and request me to take steps to have this method of collecting the tax suspended.
On the receipt of your despatch, I at once issued in- structions to the Opium Prohibition Bureau to furnish me with a report on the subject, a copy of which I now have the honour
I understand therefore that to enclose for your information.
the Bureau has already issued a proclamation forbidding the raw opium dealers to receive payment of this tax at the time of sale of the drug, and also extending the period, within which the
The enforce- opium purchased must be boiled down, to ten days. ment of the regulations on these lines will constitute neither an infraction of treaty nor an interference with trade.
In the matter of theprohibition of opium, not only do the Government and people of China moet deeply appreciate the high-minded action of the British Government in agreement to reduce from year to year the amount of opium imported thereby indicating their earnest desire to eradicate the opium evil, but no nation in the world can withhold its applause.
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